Precut ice cream cake and method of making the same



Aug. 29, 1950 F. ADAMS 2,520 ,522

PRECUT ICE CREAM CAKE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Aug. 16, 1948 '2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Frank Adams IN V EN TOR.

Aug. 29, 1950 F. AD MS 2,520,522

PRECUT ICE CREAM CAKE. AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME Filed Aug. 16, 1948 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lag I4 Fran k A dam s Fi 5 JNVEN TOR.

BY M EM Patented Aug. 2 9, #950 PRECUT'IfiEfiEEAii/I CAKE AND METHOD 6F I MAKING THE SAME Fralnk- Adams; Brooklyn, N; 'Y;

Appl'itatisri August is, 1948, Serial No; 44,564

11 Gfetimst This invention refetesgeher'EtT-IV to novei anti utilitarian improvements inthe' method of forim ing, handlihgjairid" serving m'olded forms of Home confections; said forms beirrgf commonly termedieefcreztrri cakes; and has for its primary purpose to improve upon the method disclosed by C. Polieatstro et' al. in Patent 1,896,044, issued on De camber 6, I932.

The above noted atent discloses a method of making an ice cream cake which comprises the steps of forming" a m'oIcf of frozen confection, cutti'fig the mold into a group of individual 1101 tioris, freezing the portions, and thereafter iiioi ing the: portions" together as; an app'are'nt irrfit and inserting eitheroompi'eteivbetwe'en the ad jateent portions or a short distai'ri'oewithin one of the sevetances non-edibie material; such as wax aper; GaLfdbdarcf, or the like. The assembledortions are ti'ieh feed by asp yiii-g a, surname frosting" and thereafter decorating the cake iri the desired maifine'ti The decorated cake is theri returned to the httrdeningroom or z'o'i' ie' so that the frosting will httrden and form at sheil about the top and: outer sides of the portions and. hold them together;

In carrying out the method taught in the"reference, it has been found by those" skilled in the art" that the cutting? operation requires a; 60ftsiderable expenditure of. time and skin" in forming ro erly roportioned servings; and fixrther that during the cutting. operation" portioris or the" cake are broken off so thatelealri divisidfi lines are trot ottained. The defective division Iin'es render the subsequent operations more difficult error mar as appearance of the cake.

Frozen confection cakes arebecomihg increasingiy popular and a edristari't demand for them is made at the smaller confectionery, ice cream, and bakery stores-.- The method taught in the aioove patent has been fouiid of great value mass production oftii'e cakes; iii a large iceereairi plant, but there has arisen in the art a need fer to. provide a method and means for forming an ice cream-- cake consisting of a plurality of indi'vidual" frozenl oonfec'tiori segments arranged" iii a, predeterminedplttefn and having edib1e"se15- arators positionedbetwe'e the adjacent sections of the segments, with a; sheliiof edible oonfetitioh sulo'stantiaily covering, the segments" to" fetain movirig the rie'ed of employing any non-admit se arating rjriearis Between-tits adjacent portiofis, thereby roviding at cake foriiied efitirely from edible material obv'ia. mg" elny te'rideiioy' of imparting? bacterialor" unsanitar adherence to the cztke portions.

Another important ohject of this invention is to provide an apparatus for use carrying oi it" then ovel method of: forming at 17026151 confecti ofi mold, the apparatus being? eonvenient and de penelable for useeind economically manufactured and empieyeda These and ancillary objects and meritorious features both in method and apparatus. to become more fully: apparent upon a.-;perusa1 of thefoiiowi-ng description; are attainedhy this inventioh', eertaiir featuresat which have be'em ilius traitegl by Way ofexample only, in the: accoms: parnyirrg'drawi-ngs; in: which:v

Figure 1 is a perspective view ot the form on mold employed forming: individual;- inter-related" portions of a frozen confection;

Figure? is" :mverted view ot the form sh owm in Figure 1-; i

Figure" 3 is a: perspective view of" at ch ve:- amt: aiigni-ngimemwer adaptew to be detaehsibiy piaweek on? the openitop oi the form; it t FiguiYe' 4:- is: a: ret'ti ningi' membei' adapted to: be piece 11: top ofaii opehform and having im p'aii in g rhemb'ers ptojeotebie through and; i 'nto" the fdr'm;

Figs 5 is" stress stmitia; y' ortthe Figure s a tire sectional? view taken: he at Ii rie t e of Fig Verse vettMa-i of theih'oid, atfiertute'et-oover her when operativeiy assdei'ated" e3 frohett cohf'eotioh;

Figure meinloer aditteet to hoid tfie'group df vi servings; went the stttne are t rig deeorated erie' uiit i'iithe servings are' removed? when the oetie is out:

Figure 8 is a}, view in perspective of the iiifl vidiiitl servings feteirfedoh the suifipbifting Figure 9 is a sectional view taken on line 9-4) of Figure 8 and looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Figure is a view in perspective of the substantially cylindrical ice cream cake, constituting the finished product and showing the same suitably decorated with a suitable frosting or coating and having elaborate designs or patterns thereon and edible dividing markers in alignment with the adjacent sections of each serving.

Apparatus It is to be particularly noted in Figures 1 and 2 that the compartments I4 are completely separated and spaced from their neighbors and are only interconnected through the medium of the horizontally positioned, radially extending partition members 12. In this respect, each of the compartments or individual containers l4 comprises a bottom wall '8, and a substantially arouately configured or curved end wall l6, having extending converging side walls l8 and which are joined at their opposite ends, terminating in a point at the central open hub 22. The open hub 22 is closed at th top end by the common junction of the partition members, as seen at 24. The compartments thus define a plurality of segments which are commonly grouped and interconnected to form the compartmented container or form In.

For ease and convenience in handling the form, a pair of lateral, outwardly extending handles or ears 26 and 28 are disposed on opposite sides of the form, extending from the circular rim 30 which connects the outer ends of the partition members [2 and constitutes an integral compartmented form.

As illustrated in Figure 6, the cover member shown in Figure 3 is adapted to be positioned on the rim an in closure placement on the open faces of the individual compartments. The cover member 32 is formed complementary to the compartmented container and has a series of circumferentially spaced openings 01- apertures 34, which are registerable or alignable with each compartment when the member is placed on the rim 30. To aid the placement and removal of the cover member and coincidentally to function as an alignment means for the apertures 34, the cover member is provided with a pair of laterally extending ears or handles 36 and 38 which extend integrally in opposite directions from the periphcry of the cover member. 7

A retaining rack 46, shown in Figure 4 and in operative attachment in Figure 6, is adapted to detachably seat on the cover member 32, which is interposed between the compartmented container and the rack. A plurality of circumferentially arranged impaling members or pins 42 depend from the under surface of the rack, as seen in Figure 4, A pair of oppositely extending lateral handles 44 and. 46 are projected from the periphery of the rack.

4 Method The apparatus illustrated in Figures 1-4, inclusive, and above described is employed in carrying out the novel method of forming an improved ice cream cake.

The ice cream employed is made in the conventional manner by subjecting a creamy liquid to a freezing temperature and agitating the liquid during the freezing process. The ice cream is removed from the freezer in a semi-liquid or semi-plastic state and is soft and mushy. While in this state, the ice cream is dipped from the freezer and packed into the compartmented form Ill. The ice cream is firmly packed in each of the compartments M to avoid air bubbles. A spatula or conventional packing member is employed to push the ice cream firmly down into the compartments. The ice cream or similar frozen confection, such as frozen iceor the like, is smoothed off the open top of the container so that the partition members are exposed and the upper portion of the ice cream in the compartments is level with the partition members.

The covering member 32 is then seated upon therim 30 and the partition members l2, with th handles of the covering member and the compartmented form or container in vertical alignment. At this time, the rack 49 is inverted and brought down onv top of the covering member 32 and superposed thereon. The depending impaling pins 42 are projected through the apertures 34 in the covering member and extend inwardly into the compartments, piercing the individual servings or portions of th frozen confection, 50, as seen in Figure 6. The insertion of the pins is easily carried out by aligning the handles 44 and 46 with the aligned handles of the compartmented form and covering member.

The form I0 is then placed in a cooling zone and subjected to a low temperature atmosphere, resulting in the hardening throughout of each individual serving 50.

After the individual servings have been hardened, the compartmented form is withdrawn from the freezing atmosphere, through the medium of the aligned handles, and the form is subjected to a thawing process. It is preferred to dip the form or container in a vat or tank of hot water, which would loosen the servings or portions of ice cream from their adherence to the bottom Walls and side walls of the individual In this respect, if desired, the.

compartments. thawing or defrosting requirement could be dispensed with by coating the inner surfaces of the individual compartments preliminary to the packing of the ice cream therein. composition or shortening (such as hydrogenated fats) may be spread lightly on the inner surfaces of the walls of the compartments so as to thinly coat the walls. The liner substances will solidify prior to the solidification of the frozen confection mixture, the shortening being preferred, since it solidifies at room temperature and will prevent the ice cream from contacting the compartment surfaces and obviate any adherence thereto.

If the liner is not employed, it is to be noted that the open spaces between the side walls of each compartment will enable the thawing agent to engage the complete outer surfaces of the side walls and thereby expedite the thawing process,

At this time, the joined form, covering member and rack arepositioned on a horizontal support, such as a working. table,.with the upper surface of the rack seated on the support. The

A gelatine when entending handles 2% and 28 of the term are then grasped and the teem is shoved upwardly the rack, so that ea-ch individual serving in is positioned on the under sur-taee oi the ra ck=and held nitaet '"by its retaining or impaling pin, as seen Eigine =4 wherein an individual sewing is shown in phantom tines. The :impa'iing ins will he securely imprisoned for held withm the individual portions or servings, the same having been hardened on the pins dating the dressing operation and unaii ected by the thawing opera tion, which acts only on the outer surfaces h'f the individuaa servings. "l ne individual servings are thus preserved a greup :in the priz d: ranged pattern imparted to them any the compartmented term or hontamer during the freez in'g operation.

While so preserving the group in the pattern, the group isdipped a 'iliuuid noatmg such as a vegetable meeting or shbrten' i-n'g solution, will solidify on contacting the "surfaces of the servings "or ortions, and never the suiraces with a thin locating, the shortening :bein'g tasteless. to are -n oted that the :i-ndividuai portions are simultaneously c'oatedtdoring the dipping process with the tasteless rat-suhstanceand'the adjacent sections of each serving are 'completely covered with the vegetable heating.

'mhe portions are removed ir-om the liquid math and are positioned en a retaining member, $52, showman Inigurefl Figure B. irh'e retaining member cemprises azbssecportien 54 formed them a cardboard or paper disk and having :an up standing IspIit annular Esid'e wall :56. The split ends =of the ring rare provided with complemenlooking means E58 which comprisesailatching member =or looking member 60 formed rrom a flexible iresilient material, such as :spring steel or :the like, :and having an arcuate loolnng porthan which is adapted to engage ='on extending lug 'Jorr'protuberainoe e2 rarriediby theoth'er and line clasp or latch 58 retains "the side walls an integral formation and thereby retains the irrdividualrsenvings 50 of theifrozen rcontetitioniin an enter-related juxtaposed :formation, :as :seen in Figure 8.

.nfter lthe servings are :placed on the tdiskshaped base 54 oi the retaining :member, athe crack is withdrawn, removing the aimpaling Epins Efrem thesentiflgs. lines, as ShUWn in'Figm'e-Q or the drawings, the individual servings to are disposed ina pre-arranged ipatternyshown as cylindrical, and nine spaced from direct contact with their neighbors through the edible separators t4, termed ifroin the liquid coating,

who 'irozenc'oniection -mo1d orscake is now-assampled in 'a :unitar-y mold and *is, at this time, ready 'to befdecorated and frosted.

A suitable treating or icing, of a confectionery substance, is conventionally applied to the top and outer ends of theportion's collectively. The frostinn,Whichmay beofza:similarirozen comiectionas the individual servings and WhichL'may' be differently colorectand artistieallyapplied is commonly disposed on'the portions forming a common shell thereon. The common shellfifi serves tortain the=portions collectively'in a "patterned groupbut isaided inthis function throug'hthe medium of then-staining member-52 andmore particularly, the "upstanding annular sidewall thereon, which is adapted to engage the lower outer "edges (if the individual portions and hold them in a collective association or unit.

When applying the icing or ice cream shell 65, confection division markers 68 are radially applied to the top of the unitary cake :in "mmtioefl alignment with the edible separators :68 M that a purchaser can Wi'SIIEHYEI'EBjHZB and, perceive the pom-ever division between the individual pox-=- tio'ns. lithe division markers serve as dnrlicattm means tor the points of division between the servings so that a purchaser roan employ the points as :severanne lines and never :a .seleiitcfl serving dram its lcollecltive neighbors iby cutting through marking points.

' "illreccake se .is retained von :the :snppontingfitsk and :the retaining ring land :held thereby. "The patterned infield nr cake ifs then stored in a hardening room so that the ishelliwiil harden and the same maintainediin an ratmosphere of low temperature .until it is nearly lfor shipment 0f tconrse, in :shipping CO1 rclelivering cake, #COIHKEIItiGHEEl cartons 01 'hoxes are rem: ployed sand are packed :with dny rice to 5118mm the Ga-k6 inia hardened state in purchaser *would remove the cake and 21'8- taining member fnom the :canton, and date an unhook the snap from the retaining ring employ a table knife :or .the;.1ike :for easy removal of theic'ake therefrom.

mire tforegoing L-fiIOStiIIg'EOI' lining is iron-med from butter rcneam, ice roream I01 the like. d-Iowerxcr. Whipped fcream is employed roonventionally rat an :icing sand :i-s preferred in marrying out it'his method :in that :the use of it'h'e :sam'e not entail the employment .of division markers and wouldphviate thezn'eed ror using sareuttingiin strument. In this respect, the segments coated with whippedwcream would be held {011 the'supporting disk in :a "unitary rmanner. gpnrchaser would wunhook tor unclasp the snap :on the re taming ring, which would rnause reach rsegment or :piece separated "from its tneiglibo'i's iby the-surface zcuating 'to smove raway :from the .ad-ia'cent pieces. fi hensa eforkrcouidsbe -.employedito gpicnce or spear ithesdesired segment'sor piece: and :li-ftatne samerfromrthesupporting disk. lIIlTibhiS manner, a knife :is :never employedrand tno nutting ror vthe like-is needed to separate thesegments fromthe apparently unitary cake.

:It is, :of course, to be appreciated that the compartmented mold can rbe m'ade fin. various shapes and, dependent on the shape, aviil govern the configuration oif the cake resulting rirom theleollective individual servings. Further,'-since many "variations in method "and "apparatus aantl sundry f'other functions will ":become apparent to those skillecl in the art :upon a *study 'of foregoing description in view-of the accompanyin'g drawings, it is to be understood that thi's invention is 'to'-'be limited only bythe appended claims' when interpreted'in the light of th'e spirit of the invention.

iEHavin'g described the claimed as new is:

*1. "The method or foririing an ice cream cake comprising 'the steps of simultaneously impaling a plurality of individual portions of "atfrozen confection in an *impaled group formation, simultaneously'coating the adjacent sections or said "portions "to .prevent direct contact between the 'portions with an edihile substance solidified upon "c'ontactwith the surfaces of sai'd portions. simultaneously releasing said --.portions from impalement and assembling :them in a groupedpelttermand forming :an edible "common shell about the portionsto'rtain the grouped portionstogether and formed in a unitary desired configuration.

2. The method of forming an ice cream. cake invention, what is comprising the steps of packing a semi-frozen confection in a mold of interconnected zones, and thereby forming a pluralit of separate portions, simultaneously impaling each portion in group form, freezing said impaled group of portions, and thereafter thawing the portions and removing them as a group from the mold, simultaneously dipping the portions as a group in an edible substance solidifying on contacting the surfaces of the portions, simultaneously releasing said portions from impalement and assembling them in a juxtaposed pattern, covering said portions with a common edible shelland maintaining said portioned pattern at a subfreezing temperature to retain the portions together in the pattern.

3. The method of forming an ice cream cake comprising the steps of freezing as a group individual servings of a semi-frozen confection in a pre-arranged pattern, preserving said servings as a group in such pattern and while so preserving said group dipping the group in an edible liquid coating solidifying upon contacting the surfaces of the servings, simultaneously releasing said portions from said group formation and assembling said servings in a juxtaposed formation, covering said group with a common edible confection shell, forming division points on said shell in alignment with the contacting portion of adjacent servings, and maintaining said groups in said formation at a sub-freezing temperature to retain the servings as a unitary whole.

4. The method of forming an ice cream cake comprising the steps of packing a semi-frozen confection in a mold having a plurality of interconnected compartments, and thereby forming :a group of individual servings, freezing said :servings as a group and thereafter thawing the :servings as a group, preserving said thawed servings as a group and while so preserving the servings dipping them in an edible liquid coating solidifying upon contacting the surfaces of the :servings, simultaneously releasing said portions from the group formation and assembling them together into a prearranged pattern and covering them with a common edible shell and hardiening said shell to temporarily form the servings in the pre-arranged unitary pattern.

5. The method of forming an ice cream cake comprising the steps of packing a semi-frozen confection in a compartmented mold, freezing said individual servings as a group, preserving the servings as a group and while so preserving them removing them from the mold and dipping the group in an edible'liquid coating solidifying upon contacting the surfaces of the servings, simultaneously assembling said servings in a pattern formation and covering said servings with a common edible shell and maintaining said servings in said formation at a sub-freezing. temperature to harden the shell.

6. The method of forming an ice cream cake comprising the steps of packing a semi-frozen confection in a compartmented container and thereby forming a plurality of individual servings, simultaneously inter-relating each serving in a group, freezing said group and preserving the servings as a group and while so preserving the servings thawing the servings and releasing them from the container, and simultaneously dipping the servings in an edible liquid coating solidifying upon contacting the surfaces of the servings, assembling said group in a pre-arranged pattern, covering said servings with an edible common shell and subjecting said shell covered servings to a sub-freezing temperature to sustain the portions in the assembled pattern 7. An ice cream cake comprising a group of individual separable frozen confection units, an

edible separator positioned entirely between said units and a shell of edible confection covering said units and forming a unitary separable article.

8. An ice cream cake comprising a group of individual frozen confection portions arranged inv a predetermined pattern, edible separators positioned between and entirely covering adjacent surfaces of said portions, a shell of edible confection substantially covering said portions to retain them unitarily in the pattern and edible division markers on said shell in alignment with the edible separators.

9. An ice cream cake comprising a group of individual frozen confection segments arranged in a predetermined inter-related pattern, edible separators solidified between adjacent sections of said segments and entirely covering the side surface of said segments, a common edible confection covering on said segments to retain them unitarily in the pattern and a non-edible circumjacent supporting member. I

10. The method of forming an ice cream cake comprising the steps of freezing as an impaled group individual servings of ice cream, preserving said servings as an impaled group and while so preserving said servings dipping the group in-an edible liquid coating solidifying upon c0ntacting the surfaces of said servings, simultaneously releasing said servings from impalement and assembling said servings in a prearranged pattern, covering said portioned pattern of servings with an edible common shell and maintaining said portioned pattern at a subfreezing tem-' perature.

11. The method of forming an ice cream cake comprising the steps of packing a semi-frozen confection in a compartmented mold and thereby forming a plurality of adjacent portions, imp'aling said portions in a group formation, freezing said portions and thereafter thawing the portions, preserving the thawed portions as a group and while so preserving the portions dipping them in an edible coating which solidifies upon contacting the surfaces of the portions, si-, multaneously releasing the portions from the, group formation and assembling them together in a pro-arranged pattern, covering said portioned-pattern with an edible shell and hardening said shell to bind the ortions together.

FRANK ADAMS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS- Number Name Date I 1,501,659 Haddad July 15, 1924 1,638,548 Nelson Aug. 9, 1927 1,882,290 Meagher 1. Oct. 11, 1932 1,890,044 Policastro et al. Dec. 6, 1932 2,169,485 Bucher Aug. 15, 1939' 

1. THE METHOD OF FORMING AN ICE CREAM CAKE COMPRISING THE STEPS OF SIMULTANEOUSLY IMPALING A PLURALITY OF INDIVIDUAL PORTIONS OF A FROZEN CONFECTION IN AN IMPALED GROUP FORMATION, SIMULTANEOUSLY COATING THE ADJACENT SECTIONS OF SAID PORTIONS TO PREVENT DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN THE PORTIONS WITH THE SURFACES OF SAID PORTIONS, SIMULTANEOUSLY RELEASING SAID PORTION FROM IMPALEMENT AND ASSEMBLING THEM IN A GROUPED PATTERN AND FORMING AN EDIBLE COMMON SHELL ABOUT THE PORTIONS TO RETAIN THE GROUPED PORTIONS TOGETHER AND FORMED IN A UNITARY DESIRED CONFIGURATION. 